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M. E. HALL. STAIR GARPBT PASTENBR.

No. 593,212. Patented Nov. 9, 1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT fIEEIcE.

MINERVA ELIZABETHIIALL, OE TORONTO, CANADA.

STAlR-CARPET FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 593,212, dated November 9, 189'?.

Application filed June Il, 1896. Serial No. 595,158. (No model.)

. To afZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, MINERVA ELIZABETH I-IALL, of the city of Toronto, Province of Ontario,and Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and useful CarpetSeciI1'er, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in stair-carpet securers; and it consists of a seourer which may be permanently secured to the stairs and need not be removed to allow of a stair-carpet being taken up or of the same or a Wider or narrower carpet being laid down. I attain these objects by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whicl1- Figure 1 is a top View or plan. Fig. 2 isa front View; and Fig. 3 is a section of the line .l K, showing the seeurer secured to the stair and the carpet secured by the seeurer.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughont the several views.

The seeurer is composed of steel Wire or other spring material. The member B,Which may be termed the F base, is intended to be permanently secured to the Woodwork of the chair II II by screws through the C C, and is intended to be covered by the carpet G G. The member D E A, which may be termed the loop, consists of an arm A, extending from the base to a turn or bend E, and an arm D, returning from the bend E and terminated by a coil rosette or Ornament.

The loop A E D forms a spring, of which the arm D is intended tO press upon the surface of the carpet G G and hold it securely in position. It is intended that the edge Or selvage Of the carpet shall be inserted into the loop A E D by first raising the arm D and then passing the edge of the ycarpet into the loop.

The arms A and D are lengthened tO permit of a wider or narrower carpet being laid upon the stair lWithout the necessity of altering the position of thesecurer.

That I claim as Iny invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-n The combination in a stair-carpet securer made of a single piece of Wire formed of a. base with Open coils for the screws to secure to the step, and With a cone-shaped .coil extending at a right angle to the base, all as and for the purposes set forth. l

In testimony that I claim the above as my improvements in carpet-fasteners I hereunto set my hand this lst day of June, 1890.

MINERVA ELIZABETH HALL.

Vitnesses:

ALMOND E. PALLL, JOHN W. MUOKLE. 

